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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

Some of them work better on particular industries or projects, so you’ll need to learn about project management methodologies to decide which one works best for you. The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a not-for-profit membership association, project management certification and standards organization. Kanban Methodology.

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Becoming a Successful Project Manager: 5 Tips to Achieve Professional Goals and Objectives

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According to one of the PMI studies , a good project manager has a comprehensive view of a project and its role for a company. A project manager’s performance along with specific personal skills and competences are critical for efficient coordination of people and processes and achieving project management goals and objectives.

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Overview of the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition – Lesson 1 Transcription

MPUG

Now, I realize and recognize a lot of us, perhaps, all of us are PMP certified or aspiring to be or at least have worked in some capacity as a project manager or program manager and having knowledge of, or systems that perhaps are in place that are rooted in PMI’s theory as they had put forth throughout the legacy of the PMBOK Guide.

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Top 12 Most Relevant Project Management Books You Need to Read

ActiveCollab

Even if you don’t work in automotive industry, you need to read this book because of its historical significance - a lot of the concepts used in Agile were either inherited or inspired by the Toyota Way. The Goal / Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. These two books are novels.

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Top 12 Most Relevant Project Management Books You Need to Read

ActiveCollab

Take any course in management, and you’ll hear about Toyota and how they revolutionized manufactiong industry. Critical Chain by Eliyahu M. The author applies Theory of Constraints to project management and illustrates the Critical Chain method for managing projects through story.

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Agile Unplugged: EP 02 | Mike Cottmeyer and Dennis Stevens

Leading Agile

So, also about the time that you and I met you were doing some work with PMI and the OPM three initiative? You’re more of a Lean, doing some of the Oh gosh, what was the, critical chain project management? – Critical chain project management? – Okay, cool. – Yeah, that’s right.

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Waterfall Should Have Never Existed: Part 1

MPUG

It’s accompanied by a flourishing consulting industry eager to sell the latest management fad to anyone with a heartbeat and willingness to listen. As you can see, a whole new cottage industry grew out of the ‘Agile’ movement. Critical Path, Resource Critical Path, Critical Chain, Earned Value, Earned Work, etc.)